Harvard, Bangkok and Foreign Students
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A series of legal and policy developments involving the Trump administration have been highlighted. From Harvard suing the government over foreign student enrollment restrictions to FTC's decision regarding Microsoft's acquisition,
Harvard is likely to prevail in court in its battles against the Trump administration, yet both sides have reasons to agree to a compromise, legal observers say.
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, escalating a months-long battle with the Ivy League school over campus protests and diversity policies.
As with another recent ruling, which prohibited the administration from going after the law firm Perkins Coie for activities the administration does not favor, the administration’s newest attack on Harvard is based on the university’s apparent “anti-American” values.
The Trump administration faces numerous challenges as it issues controversial policies and undergoes major restructuring. Legal interventions and international impacts are highlighted, with particular focus on foreign students at Harvard,
President Trump’s political appointees at the department cited antisemitism on campuses as justification for using the law, the False Claims Act, to target universities and other institutions that Mr. Trump views as bastions of opposition to his agenda and a ripe populist target to rile up his right-wing base.
The Trump administration’s decision on Thursday to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students raises significant questions about the impact on the school community and its academic research.
The Trump administration has been frustrated by legal challenges from high-profile ... a 22-year-old international student at Harvard College, said the court's pews were full of students and ...
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has taken sweeping, aggressive action against federal employees, impacting hundreds of thousands of workers and sending ripple effects across the country. Still, unions have stood strong, with the AFL-CIO, AFT, AFSCME, SEIU, and others filing over a dozen lawsuits to protect workers’ rights.
The abrupt, premature dismissals of agency officials has teed up a Supreme Court decision that, if delivered in the president's favor, could give him substantially more authority.
Harvard has sued the Trump administration after it revoked the university's ability to enroll international students.